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Was Captain von Trapp a fascist? What were the political beliefs of non-Jewish Austrians who were against Nazism and the Anschluss?

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At the time, Ralph Nader was blamed by many for George W. Bush's victory in the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election. To what extent does historical scholarship reinforce this argument?

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How underground and unknown were proto-punk bands like The MC5, the Stooges, and the Velvet Underground for the general American public? How would someone in rural Georgia (U.S.) know about these bands when they released new music?

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It looked like the 1920s were incredibly different from the 1910s in U.S. cities. How different was the rural U.S. in the 1920s from the 1910s? What was the "Jazz Age" like outside cities?

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How could a Southern White be anti-racist/pro-Civil Rights before 1964? What factors did anti-segregation, antiracist Southern whites have in common?

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What was Vietnam's literary canon prior to French imperial rule? What was the "Four Classical Novels" or the "Western Canon" for Vietnamese citizens?

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How did baggy and loose clothes become a thing in the '90s?

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How accessible was a Gibson Les Paul and a Marshall stack of amplifiers in the 1960s and 1970s? How affordable would either or both pieces of guitar equipment be for the average U.S. consumer?

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How directly influential was "The Birth of a Nation" to how movies were made? Was BOAN really distinctive for its time and influential to subsequent filmmakers?

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We know about art looting in WW2. How prevalent was art theft during WW1?

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Was Captain von Trapp a fascist? What were the political beliefs of non-Jewish Austrians who were against Nazism and the Anschluss?	923
At the time, Ralph Nader was blamed by many for George W. Bush's victory in the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election. To what extent does historical scholarship reinforce this argument?	121
How underground and unknown were proto-punk bands like The MC5, the Stooges, and the Velvet Underground for the general American public? How would someone in rural Georgia (U.S.) know about these bands when they released new music?	62
It looked like the 1920s were incredibly different from the 1910s in U.S. cities. How different was the rural U.S. in the 1920s from the 1910s? What was the "Jazz Age" like outside cities?	39
How could a Southern White be anti-racist/pro-Civil Rights before 1964? What factors did anti-segregation, antiracist Southern whites have in common?	35
What was Vietnam's literary canon prior to French imperial rule? What was the "Four Classical Novels" or the "Western Canon" for Vietnamese citizens?	19
How did baggy and loose clothes become a thing in the '90s?	17
How accessible was a Gibson Les Paul and a Marshall stack of amplifiers in the 1960s and 1970s? How affordable would either or both pieces of guitar equipment be for the average U.S. consumer?	14
How directly influential was "The Birth of a Nation" to how movies were made? Was BOAN really distinctive for its time and influential to subsequent filmmakers?	11
We know about art looting in WW2. How prevalent was art theft during WW1?	10